R Markdown

Reference management for R Markdown

Paste a CiteDrive project URL into the YAML header of your .Rmd file and cite with Pandoc citation keys.

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Why R Markdown users choose CiteDrive

  • One library for the paper and the analysis

    Share the references with coauthors without passing .bib files through email or resolving Git conflicts in the bibliography.

  • A URL instead of a file to maintain

    Point the YAML bibliography field at your CiteDrive project. RStudio reads that URL when you render, so the document cannot fall behind the library.

  • Citations in the syntax you already use

    Copy Pandoc keys such as [@smith2020] into the .Rmd file. The rendered bibliography follows the live library.

How to connect

  1. Create a project library

    Keep the references for a paper, thesis, or analysis in their own CiteDrive project instead of passing .bib files around.

  2. Paste the URL into the YAML header

    Copy the project URL and set it as the bibliography of your .Rmd file. RStudio reads that URL when you render.

  3. Cite with Pandoc keys

    Insert citation keys such as [@smith2020]. The rendered bibliography follows the live CiteDrive library. 


          ---
title: "Your paper"
bibliography: "https://app.citedrive.com/your-project-url"
---

See [@smith2020] for details.

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